● 07.18.12

●● FOSS Hostility in Network World (IDG)

Posted in FUD, GNU/Linux, Kernel, Microsoft at 12:29 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Flaming the readers

Summary: Biased reporting on Linux and FOSS requires a shout-out

ONE of the most FOSS-hostile sites out there is Network World, which is owned by IDG. Even their FOSS coverage comes from FOSS foes, but they are good at hiding their slant.

A few years ago we confronted the "bloated" FUD about Linux; it’s selective reporting basically. Right now there is more of the same from a consistently Linux-hostile writer. I avoided naming him, but after this article I realise that it’s not doing to stop until he is called out for it. His articles are almost always pro-Microsoft and Linux-hostile and his name is Jon Gold, whom I have just added to the credibility index.

Others reported on it too, but their pattern of publication is a mixture of good and bad. █

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